N!xau

Born: 1944-12-16

Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.


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The Gods Must Be Crazy

as Xi
Released: 1980-09-10

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of...

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The Gods Must Be Crazy II

as Xixo
Released: 1989-07-01

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers'...

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Crazy Safari

as N!xau The Bushman
Released: 1991-07-05

Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be...

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The Gods Must Be Funny in China

as N!xau
Released: 1994-03-31

Hijinks ensue when N!xau the Bushman travels to Beijing, where he's recruited to accompany a...

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Crazy Hong Kong

as N!xau
Released: 1993-07-10

In the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the...

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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

as Self
Released: 1994-02-18

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's...

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Journey to Nyae Nyae

as Self (as G/qa'o /'Hana)
Released: 2004-02-03

N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before...

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